Folding pocket hairbrush



Patented July 13, 1926.

PATENTl orifice.

FERDINAND TOEIEPERWEIN, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

FOLDING POCKET HAIRBRUSH.

Application filed October 7, 1925.. Serial No. 61,046.r

This invention relatesto brush constructionand aims to provide a novel form of brush wherein. the handle may operate to move the bristles of the brush to their active.

or inactive position, as the handle is being moved to its active or inactive position.

An' important objecty of the invention is to provideV a brush of this character wherein the bristles will be completely housed when not in use, to the end that foreign .matter f face 1l of the head 15 of the handle portion will be excluded from the bristles at all times.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description i' proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that suoli changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made as fall within the scope of the claims, Without departing'from the spiritfof the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a brushconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan View thereof, a portion of the cover of the brush being broken away.

.Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the brush, the same being partly broken away to illustrate the bristles and handle, in an inactive position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken transversely through the' body portion of the brush.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5 indicates the body portion of the device which is hollowed out and provided with aguiding block 6 arranged at one end thereof, the guiding block being provided with an opening to receive the outer end of the rack bar 7 as clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawing.

A coiled spring indicated at 8 is supported within the guide block and engages the outer end of the rack bar 7 to normally urge the rack bar toa position to hold the bristles of the brush to be hereinafter more fully described in their inactive positions.

The bristles which are indicated at 9 are mounted in suitable openings formed in thel transversely disposed rods 10, there being provided segmentalgears 11 positioned int`ermediate the ends of the rods` for engagev ment with the rack bar 7 so that'movement of the rack bar will producea relative move# ment of the bristle supporting rods 10.

V.lositioned within the hollow body portion of the brush is a guide l2 under which the rack bar l' moves, and as shown this rack bar 7 is provided with an enlarged end portion 13 curved to engage the curved sur-y 16. This headl is eccentrically mounted so that as the handle 16 is moved from its active position to its inactive position, the rack bar will be moved rearwardly bythe tension of the spring 8 and at the 4saine time the bristles 9 will bemoved to positions as shown by Figure 3 of the drawing, where the bristles are protected against foreign matter. n p l/Vhen the handle portion is moved in the opposite direction, it is obvious that the bristles y9 will be moved to their active p0- sitions by the action of the curved surface lll over the curved surface of the head 13. I claim f y l. A brush of the character described including a body portion,I a plurality of pivoted bristle supporting rods mounted within `the body portion, aguide block within one end of the body portion and having an opening, a coiled spring mounted within the opening, segmental gears on the rods, a rack bar cooperating with the segmental gears for moving therods and bristles and sliding in said guide blocks, said coiled spring adapted to move the rack barin one direction, and

means for moving the rack vbar in the op posite direction. y

2. A brush of the character ydescribed including a body portion, aplurality of bris tle ysupporting rods supported within the body portion, segmentalgears on the rods, a rack bar cooperating with the segmental gears for moving the rods, a handle having a head at one end eccentrically pivoted to yce the body portion, said head adapted to enf gage one end ofthe rack bar to move the rack bar longitudinally of thebody portion, and means for returning` the rack bar to its normal position. n e

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, kI have hereto afxed. my signature.

FERDINAND L. TOEPPERWEIN. 

